Marking stake



MARKING STAKE Filed Jan 9, 1925 Patented Feb. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT ,QFF'ICE.

MARKING STAKE.

Application filed January 9. 1925. Serial No. 1,331.

1 readily visible, and the stake should be provided with means toprevent it readily turning and thus showing the label in the Wrongdirection.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a markin stakeadapted to removably retain a labe in a readily visible position and tobe provided with means adapted to prevent its rotation in the ground. Itis a further object to provide a stake of this character which is sim lein design and construction andadapted or rapid and inexpensivecommercial production.

I have shown in the accompanying drawin 's a preferred form of. stake.

in the drawings Figure l is a s1de elevation of the stake;

Figure 2 'is a front view;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view, showing the head and label;

Figure 4 is a face view of the label, and

Figure 5 is an edge view of the label.

The stake comprises the head 11 and the body 12. As shown in Figure 2,the body 12 is provided with a series of reverse bends 13, and as shownin Figure 1, these bends are all in the same plane. The up er end of thebody 12 is bent into a loop, w ich forms the head. The lower end of theloop is open, the end of the member 14 being located a jacent the bend15, which connects the head to the body. It will be noted that the upperportion 16 of the head is narrower than the lower ortion andconsequently that the sides of the ioop slope outwardl towards thebottom. These sides are provided with the notches 17. The label 18consists of a fiat memberpreferably formed of metal with the inturned orreversely bent edges 19. The edges 19 are inclined on the same angle asthe sides of the loop.

In assembling the label on the head of the stake, it is slid down fromthe top and the resiliency of the loop permits the label to force thesides together until the label asses over the notches 17. The sides ofthe 00p then spring out slightly and the label is held in place belowthe notches. To remove the label, the lower portion of the loop may bepressed together with the hand and the label slipped off of the upperend.

The marking stake is put in place in the ground normally by beingpressed down by the hand. If the soil is very hard, it may be hammeredin place by striking upon the bent portion at 15. The reverse bends 13do not materially hinder the forcing of the stake into the ground,'butdo prevent its rotation. This is important as it maintains the labelfacing in the proper direction.

I claim:

1. A marking stake or the like, comprising a body and a head, the headconsisting in a spring loop, the sides of the loop inclining outwardlyfrom the top of the loop, notches in the upper portion of the sides, anda label 1 comprising a member having reversely bent sides, said sidesinclining on an angle corresponding to the sides of the loop, the labelbeing adapted to be slipped downwardly u on the loop and to compress theloop to sllp past the notches and to be retained in place by thenotches.

2. A marking stake or the like, comprising a body and a head, the headconsisting in a spring loop, the sides of the loop inclin-1 ingoutwardly from the top of the loop, notches in the upper portion of thesides, and a label comprising a member having reversely bent sides, saidsides inclining on an angle corresponding to the sides of the loop, thelabel being adapted to be slipped downwardly upon the loop and tocompress the loop to slip past the notches and to be retained in placeby the notches, the lower end of the loop being open and adapted to bemanually com ressed to release the label.

Signed at organ Park, Minnesota, this 2nd day of Jan, 1925.

RICHARD W. SMILEY.

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